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EDITORIAL

IJB is on its way to Science Citation Index

Editor-in-Chief: Chee Kai Chua 1,2

1 Executive Director, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing
2 Professor, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Cluster, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of
Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/IJB.2017.02.005.

I am pleased to announce that International Journal envision single cell bioprinting as enabled by their
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of Bioprinting (IJB) – a peer-reviewed, open-access newly developed software . Datta et al. provide an
and semi-manual journal – was recently accepted into overview of current bioprinting research landscape for
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Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) by Clarivate osteochondral tissues . In the Original Articles section,
Analytics (formerly known as Thomson Reuters). As of Shi et al. present a multi-step bioprinting process for
now, we are very proud of being the first and the only constructing a three-layer retina tissue equivalent [10] .
bioprinting journal among the 23,243 journals covered in Sachan et al. demonstrate bioprinting of amphotericin
Web of Science. According to Clarivate Analytics, by the B on microneedles using matrix assisted pulsed laser
4th quarter of this year at the latest, articles published evaporation . Zhou et al. suggest a dual crosslinking
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in IJB of 2017 will be indexed and searchable in Web strategy to tailor rheological properties of gelatin
of Science. However, with the launch of Emerging methacryloyl [12] . Dias et al. report a new design of an
Sources Citation Index Ten Year Archive programme by electrospinning apparatus for bioprinting and tissue
Clarivate Analytics, coincidentally in October 2017, we engineering applications . Finally, Tran recommends
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expect that all articles published in IJB (since 2015) will a new book on standards of 3D printing including bio-
become visible in Web of Science by end of this year. printing .
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Hereby we would like to thank all contributing Editorial
Board Members and contributing authors for their References
passion in bioprinting and support for IJB. We continue
to work towards indexing in Science Citation Index (SCI) 1. Vaezi M and Chua, C K, 2011, Effects of layer thickness and
and look forward to receiving our first impact factor in binder saturation level parameters on 3D printing process. The
due course. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
Bioprinting remains to be a trendy topic, evidenced by vol.53(1–4): 275–284.
the fact that eight research and review articles published
in IJB of 2015 were cited over 52 times in SCI journals https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-010-2821-1
in 2016 alone. This result is really impressive and 2. Lee J M, Yeong W Y, 2015, A preliminary model of time-
encouraging. We will continue to strive to our excellence pressure dispensing system for bioprinting based on printing
to make IJB a top journal in bioprinting. Meanwhile, and material parameters. Virtual and Physical Prototyping,
we also welcome authors to submit their papers in areas vol.10(1): 3–8.
relevant to current or future bioprinting, such as effects https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2014.979557
of processing parameters on 3D printing [1,2] or bioprinting
numerical or empirical modelling on 3D printing and 3. Loh L E, Chua C K, Yeong W Y,et al., 2015, Numerical
bioprinting [2,3] , 3D printed or bioprinted drug delivery investigation and an effective modelling on the selective
devices , as well as 4D printing or 4D bioprinting [5,6] . laser melting (slm) process with aluminium alloy 6061.
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In this July issue of IJB, three perspective articles, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.80:
four original research articles and a book review are 288–300.
covered. Zhang shares his opinion on the importance
of post-processing in bioprinting to enhance the func- https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.09.014
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tionality of printed medical devices . Sklare et al. 4. Cheah C M, Leong K F, Chua C K, et al., 2002, Charac-
IJB is on its way to Science Citation Index. © 2017 Chee Kai Chua. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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